Word: vitality
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tests, said Weinberger in 1984, were: "The United States should not commit forces to combat overseas unless the particular engagement or occasion is deemed vital to our national interest;" an engagement should only be undertaken "with the clear intention of winning" and carried out with "clearly defined political and military objectives;" an involvement "must be continually reassessed and adjusted if necessary" and "have the support of the American people and...Congress;" and engagement should be "a last resort...
Reich said labor is vital to a nation in a global economy, mentioning in support of his point successful companies that operate by considering their workers an asset instead of a cost...
Robinson believes environmentalists will have to embrace anew the politically incorrect concept of pure preservation for some vital areas. For their part, policymakers must try to guide development away from sensitive ecosystems and toward regions where inevitable losses of diversity are more "acceptable." An economics that accurately accounted for the costs of destroying species would also help. Most likely, though, a sustainable future will not come from policy wonks, but rather from a broad change in values as ordinary people react to ecological disasters around them...
...Clinton's biggest assignment: persuading the American people that their children and their billions should be spent on Bosnia. (Maintaining a fully deployed armored division of 25,000 at peak readiness in Bosnia for one year could cost $5 billion.) It is a long reach to argue that vital U.S. interests are involved, beyond a preference for peace and stability in all parts of the world. With the rationalizations peeled off, the West's concern is prompted by the moral imperative and is essentially humanitarian. That is why France and Britain sent troops to escort aid shipments...
...first gay-centered play to win the Pulitzer Prize in drama; the runner-up was the best show of the off-Broadway season, the equally gay and angry memoir of AIDS activist Larry Kramer, The Destiny of Me. A decade ago, the theater establishment collectively winced when its vital self- advertisement to Middle America, the telecast of the Tony Awards, opened with a best-play prize to the flamboyant Harvey Fierstein for Torch Song Trilogy. This year it seems likely that virtually every category may be won by shows with gay elements. Among the other contenders: Lynn Redgrave...